Artisanal Paper Elaboration
Course final project
A course by Juan Barbé , Paper Engineer
About the final project for: Artisanal Paper Elaboration
Crafting of paper
“First of all, I want to thank you for having completed the course. I want to tell you that making paper is easy, you will not need a difficult or expensive equipment. Around you can find many plants, so the raw material is not difficult to find. With these elements that we have used during the course, you will not be able to do all the papers, for some specific machines are necessary; but you will make many of them. You can work with almost all the barks of the "ficus", with innumerable "grasses" with palm trees and bananas. I encourage you to collect what you have around you and start the work calmly. The project can be done over several days and with peace of mind. And just want you to play a good role in life. ”
Partial transcription of the video
“We have already reached the end and now we are going to do a review of everything we have seen so far. I started introducing myself and telling each other that everything I've learned has been through from my experience. Then I explained what paper was. I told you how to locate the fiber according to the plant, when to collect it and how to store and dry it. After this theoretical explanation, we enter fully into the creation of a sheet of paper from the enea plant. I taught you how to cut the plant and how to soak it before treating it. Then I taught how to cook the plant to remove lignin ...”
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Course summary for: Artisanal Paper Elaboration
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Category
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Areas
Arts & Crafts, Bookbinding, DIY, Fine Arts
Juan Barbé
A course by Juan Barbé
Juan Barbé is a paper craftsman who has dedicated his career to preserving the artisanship of traditional papermaking methods. There's undoubtedly an air of mystery surrounding this ancient and obscure art form. With so few professionals in the industry today, Juan had to teach himself all the tricks of the trade.
He founded Eskulan studio in 1983, and since then, he has led a number of workshops all over the world in collaboration with Instituto Cervantes, teaching at La Facultad de Bellas Artes in Damascus, the Jordan National Museum in Amman, and in Tangier. He collaborated with La Fundación ArtSur in Nicaragua for several years, helping to optimize a workshop specialized in banana-fiber papermaking in Malacatoya and opening another workshop in Granada. He also took his talents to Mexico, collaborating at La Ceiba Gráfica and in Oaxaca.
In 2017, he published his own book, Las plantas y su papel: 102 recetas papeleras, detailing a variety of papermaking methods.
He continues to teach courses and lead workshops all over Spain, working with artists both locally and abroad, and he travels all over America and Asia every chance he gets, visiting different papermaking organizations and getting to know the local artisans and their workshops.
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